--- title: What was the principal consequence of Tom's combat with the tinker? — English Fairy Tales, Tom Hickathrift:… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the principal consequence of Tom's combat with the tinker? Exam question 2 of lesson 242 «English Fairy Tales, Tom Hickathrift: Tom beats the football crowd, four robbers and a tinker, then kills a giant» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/242-pg14241-part9/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [English Fairy Tales, Tom Hickathrift:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/242-pg14241-part9/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · English Fairy Tales, Tom Hickathrift: Tom beats the footba… What was the principal consequence of Tom's combat with the tinker? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Tom · **What happens:** be, combat · **To what, where:** principal consequence This is exam question 2 of lesson 242 «English Fairy Tales, Tom Hickathrift: Tom beats the football crowd, four robbers and a tinker, then kills a giant» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/242-pg14241-part9/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:242-pg14241-part9:e2:1 # text = What was the principal consequence of Tom's combat with the tinker? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 consequence consequence NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 combat combat NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 tinker tinker NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the principal consequence | | | | of Tom's combat with the tinker | tree rules | | 2 | **combat** | | Tom | | | | | with the tinker | nom combat «act transitive»: poss=agent with=obl | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} The two men became steadfast friends and the tinker travelled with Tom ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:242-pg14241-part9:e2:o1:1 # text = The two men became steadfast friends and the tinker travelled with Tom 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 steadfast steadfast ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 tinker tinker NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 10 travelled travel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | past | the two men | | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **travel** | past | steadfast friends and the tinker | | | | | with Tom | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The two men became steadfast and sworn friends ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:242-pg14241-part9:e2:o2:1 # text = The two men became steadfast and sworn friends 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 steadfast steadfast ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 sworn swear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 amod _ _ 8 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | past | the two men | steadfast sworn friends | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **swear** | participle | | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} The two men were bitter, sworn foes ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:242-pg14241-part9:e2:o3:1 # text = The two men were bitter, sworn foes 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 bitter bitter ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 sworn swear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 amod _ _ 8 foes foe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the two men | | | | | sworn foes *obl*; bitter *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **swear** | participle | | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} The two men fought on bitterly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:242-pg14241-part9:e2:o4:1 # text = The two men fought on bitterly 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 fought fight VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 bitterly bitterly ADV RB _ 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fight** | past | the two men | | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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